BUSHCRAFT CAMP in the FOREST - Making PRIMITIVE GLUE, Repairing the SHELTER
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Date: 2019-09-10
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Kentucky Greywolf
Another great video Thanks Will be making myself some of those gluesticks soon. On the roof topic. Last year I decided to spend a summer, 4 months actually, in the forest. I loved it so much that I worked hard all winter so I could make it 6 months this year. Ok, to the point, this year after watching you and many other bushcrafters for a couple years I built myself a main supershelter type structure. Now I did this having already seeing many builds. So I think my setup might give you some ideas. Check it out in my vids. I'm NEW to youtube, my inexperience shows, but I still think you might find some ideas for a roof frame to support tarps and give you some long term usage. The trees in camp or in way of roof are just small challenges I am sure your dad can overcome with just a couple pieces of palletwood. Lol.
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Another great video Thanks Will be making myself some of those gluesticks soon. On the roof topic. Last year I decided to spend a summer, 4 months actually, in the forest. I loved it so much that I worked hard all winter so I could make it 6 months this year. Ok, to the point, this year after watching you and many other bushcrafters for a couple years I built myself a main supershelter type structure. Now I did this having already seeing many builds. So I think my setup might give you some ideas. Check it out in my vids. I'm NEW to youtube, my inexperience shows, but I still think you might find some ideas for a roof frame to support tarps and give you some long term usage. The trees in camp or in way of roof are just small challenges I am sure your dad can overcome with just a couple pieces of palletwood. Lol.
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dhession64
Boars in the UK? I've read about them before. There are numerous ones here in my neck of the woods. if I lived in southern Indiana, but I don't; I'm a little north of that, but I've seen the efforts the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) in this state have made to control them. They are considered a nuisance animal with no restriction on equipment to harvest them, so use what you wish to catch 'em and get permission to do so from the landowner. Come on over and have your way with the feral swine population in Indiana lol If it's legal, I'll let you borrow a piece of artillery from my arsenal if you wish. I try to be a good host.
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Boars in the UK? I've read about them before. There are numerous ones here in my neck of the woods. if I lived in southern Indiana, but I don't; I'm a little north of that, but I've seen the efforts the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) in this state have made to control them. They are considered a nuisance animal with no restriction on equipment to harvest them, so use what you wish to catch 'em and get permission to do so from the landowner. Come on over and have your way with the feral swine population in Indiana lol If it's legal, I'll let you borrow a piece of artillery from my arsenal if you wish. I try to be a good host.
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Jim Becker
a lean-to roof would be best, but you should make it shade you from the direction that the rain comes from. You can also make it 2 or 3 or 4 separate roofs that overlap each other, that way you can possibly cover more area and also cover areas that would not normally be covered by making just one large roof. I would also recommend that you make you firewood storage area feedthrough so that you have access to the wood from inside the fence line as well as outside the fence line. That way you can load it up from outside and uses it for firewood from inside the camp.
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a lean-to roof would be best, but you should make it shade you from the direction that the rain comes from. You can also make it 2 or 3 or 4 separate roofs that overlap each other, that way you can possibly cover more area and also cover areas that would not normally be covered by making just one large roof. I would also recommend that you make you firewood storage area feedthrough so that you have access to the wood from inside the fence line as well as outside the fence line. That way you can load it up from outside and uses it for firewood from inside the camp.
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G Macka
Not sure what's eating your trees, but we have some huge spruce trees around our property, and recently we found 2 of them with giant holes in the bottom, looks as though something is burrowing into them. The holes are about 5 inches wide by 6 or 7 inches tall and about 5 or 6 inches deep. There is sawdust all around the one and wood chips around the other. I'm pretty sure it's a mixture of rabbits and carpenter ants. As the one tree with all the sawdust around the hole I found a lot of carpenter ants. Now I'm forced to bring down 3 trees
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Not sure what's eating your trees, but we have some huge spruce trees around our property, and recently we found 2 of them with giant holes in the bottom, looks as though something is burrowing into them. The holes are about 5 inches wide by 6 or 7 inches tall and about 5 or 6 inches deep. There is sawdust all around the one and wood chips around the other. I'm pretty sure it's a mixture of rabbits and carpenter ants. As the one tree with all the sawdust around the hole I found a lot of carpenter ants. Now I'm forced to bring down 3 trees
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Alice G
Enjoyed the video as always. Dont have a solution to the roof build but are you considering making a border lookout around the camp as high as the tower so you could have a 360 degree view? Maybe thats too much or not what your future plans. It may look to much like a fort/castle. Just a thought. Or just one other perimeter lookout area. Love watching your videos. Always something interesting to learn. Thanks. Let Jaxx know he is missed. Hope hes doing better with his allergies. Patiently awaiting the next video.
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Enjoyed the video as always. Dont have a solution to the roof build but are you considering making a border lookout around the camp as high as the tower so you could have a 360 degree view? Maybe thats too much or not what your future plans. It may look to much like a fort/castle. Just a thought. Or just one other perimeter lookout area. Love watching your videos. Always something interesting to learn. Thanks. Let Jaxx know he is missed. Hope hes doing better with his allergies. Patiently awaiting the next video.
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Maxboon Boon
Hai, are you reading the comments? I would make the roof in sections of tipi style split log sections. and let the rain water come to the trees and not on your head. if i make anny sence. love all your videos and i would like to know in wat forest you are. Is it legal in UK to build cabins in the Sticks? I would love to build me a shack in the sticks myself. I have autism and it would reboot me if i could go out in to the sticks and relaxe. Almost be one with nature. Greetings, Kitty.
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Hai, are you reading the comments? I would make the roof in sections of tipi style split log sections. and let the rain water come to the trees and not on your head. if i make anny sence. love all your videos and i would like to know in wat forest you are. Is it legal in UK to build cabins in the Sticks? I would love to build me a shack in the sticks myself. I have autism and it would reboot me if i could go out in to the sticks and relaxe. Almost be one with nature. Greetings, Kitty.
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HauntedShadowsLegacy
That pine pitch has me thinking. Could the pine pitch be used to make waterproof matches? Or perhaps candle wicks (with something else for the candle body? As for the roof, I've no idea. But I do know the lean-to roof extension you're proposing will make climbing into the tower really tough. I still like the angle of the tarp and how it goes up and over the main sleeping shelter. Perhaps moving your cooking station will help make things easier.
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That pine pitch has me thinking. Could the pine pitch be used to make waterproof matches? Or perhaps candle wicks (with something else for the candle body? As for the roof, I've no idea. But I do know the lean-to roof extension you're proposing will make climbing into the tower really tough. I still like the angle of the tarp and how it goes up and over the main sleeping shelter. Perhaps moving your cooking station will help make things easier.
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The Irish Wanderer
hey mate good video iv experience the whole flame up thing with the pitch its quite extreme. I was using the exact same method as you and it burst into flames, in the panic I got a little bit stuck to my finger it was a bad idea it hurt. I ended up leaving it in the fire a good way to put it out is to put something over it to kill the oxygen or so I learned when I realised that it was near impossible to put out.
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hey mate good video iv experience the whole flame up thing with the pitch its quite extreme. I was using the exact same method as you and it burst into flames, in the panic I got a little bit stuck to my finger it was a bad idea it hurt. I ended up leaving it in the fire a good way to put it out is to put something over it to kill the oxygen or so I learned when I realised that it was near impossible to put out.
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Taralga Bush Adventure
for a more durable and shock-resistant glue, you can mix in some charcoal powder (not ash) when it's at the melted stage. As you see, the pure resin sets hard, and can shatter and flake from a hit. Adding the charcoal will make it a better all-round resilient adhesive for such things as axes, bows and arrows. And you could still shave off some resin to help as a fire-starter.
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for a more durable and shock-resistant glue, you can mix in some charcoal powder (not ash) when it's at the melted stage. As you see, the pure resin sets hard, and can shatter and flake from a hit. Adding the charcoal will make it a better all-round resilient adhesive for such things as axes, bows and arrows. And you could still shave off some resin to help as a fire-starter.
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Timmy D
May I take the opportunity to publicly thank Mike and TAOutdoors for the discount code we have used for this weekends Bushcraft show, also thank you for spending 5 mins to chat to my son whilst waiting in the line for the lavatory. Keep up all the good work as my son was equally pleased to meet you as he has been with the likes of 'Ray Mears and David Canterbury. #keeplivingthedream; -)
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May I take the opportunity to publicly thank Mike and TAOutdoors for the discount code we have used for this weekends Bushcraft show, also thank you for spending 5 mins to chat to my son whilst waiting in the line for the lavatory. Keep up all the good work as my son was equally pleased to meet you as he has been with the likes of 'Ray Mears and David Canterbury. #keeplivingthedream; -)
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